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Hirsch I wrote:it is random.

That's what I assumed. IE: For someone like myself trying unarmed DSXX is a terrible idea because randomly I may or may not get anything worth using on it.

Demonspawn either get one of (claws|hooves|talons|horns|antennae) or (10% chance) claws, and hooves or talons, and horns or antennae ("monstrous demonspawn"). Why do I always see no mutations to start then? I mean eventually you get something but all I've seen in the first few levels is s...

The question that has arisen is under what circumstances does it make sense for a character that is looking to be flexible to start training unarmed? You are playing a demonspawn and you get claws on d:1. That's about it, going by what you are describing. Really? I haven't seen claws on a demonspaw...

As you probably know, I am not a fan of all the Cheibriados dissing This subforum is called "Dungeon Crawling Advice." I am going to give the best advice I have, not stroke people's egos. I am not sure how avoiding a negative tone is ego stroking but then I am new here and maybe there is ...

I played a DDAr^Nemlex once, my only non-wand healing for most of the game was (old) elixir, potion and alchemy cards... I don't recommend anyone else do this for the sake of their own sanity. I actually enjoyed my DDAr run though it was quickly fraught with bad decision conflicts, and I ended up d...

I am on the webtiles now as Hopeless2 (someone else took Hopeless :(). Took a little getting used to. and my 5th attempt garnered this (using .13) Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.13.1-27-ga479965 (webtiles) character file. 50138 Hopeless2 the Tortoise (level 14, -11/127 HPs) Began as a Minotaur B...

I knew the weapon was vampiric. I could not use it even if I wanted to though it was definitely a nice one. And I posted that dump fully aware that I screwed the pooch hence "stupid I know". But even so those blink frogs are insane. They don't take damage at all from anything. (They do bu...

I knew the weapon was vampiric. I could not use it even if I wanted to though it was definitely a nice one. And I posted that dump fully aware that I screwed the pooch hence "stupid I know". But even so those blink frogs are insane. They don't take damage at all from anything. (They do but...

YASD #426426471 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.13.1 (tiles) character file. 16052 Thierge the Reanimator (level 12, 0/99 HPs) Began as a Deep Dwarf Necromancer on Feb 22, 2014. Was an Elder of Makhleb. Slain by a blink frog (5 damage) ... on Level 2 of the Lair of Beasts on Feb 23, 2014. The gam...

I had no idea about Tab keying. And it still seems like a bad idea now that I've tried it. Play a polearmer and you'll change your mind. Also had no idea about the upper 5 key rest since I am used to using the number key pad 5 for that.) shift+numpad5 also works that way (that's on tiles, on consol...

XuaXua wrote:
tedric wrote:Winning isn't everything.
Take it on faith that EVERY game is winnable.

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Zugzwang eh?

also, play some really fragile species. that will teach you to be the coward you need to be. Op really helped meon that point. my first win was with Ds, I learned a lot about adaptation with it. also playing some nagas teaches you to be careful, as a single fatfinger can screw you a lot. play some ...

Just my $0.025: I ended up in the Abyss in one run last night as a 3rd level fighter (couldn't get away from Terence on D2 fast enough and he hit me with a banishment weapon. I ended up killing an Orange demon before running into those smity types. Instadeath with no chance to escape. Perhaps it is ...

Hirsch I wrote:awn, Hill giant and killer bee pack before I reach temple? thats evil...

I feel that pain. I keep running into stuff that is just a tad more powerful than I can handle just at the moment when I can't find an effective exit strategy.

Pain spell is the one Necromancers start with. Also, OpVM is not a very strong combo. Octopodes generally aren't very strong, but if I wanted to play one I'd probably go IE. The one that got to the Lair was doing OK. Killed a number of Uniques and it seemed like a decent combo because normally what...

Some down right funny posts here and some useful ones too. Sorry I haven't been available recently. Had a MTGO article to write and other things occupying my attention. I've done some runs with various Vms and my current one is a OcVM, still early on but I started getting the hang of it. The biggest...

Didn't notice it until the death message. I won't pretend not paying enough attention is something I am not guilty of, but here's the problem. Crawl is a turn-based game, you don't have to input your actions as fast as you can. Your events log is: The orc warrior hits you with a glowing orcish grea...

It also puts long texts in a nice scrollable window. Not to say fighting that enemy (ogre mage) with that character and weapon was a good idea, but the least you could do was activating Trog's Hand when facing it. Ogre magi have some of the nastiest Hexes in the game. There was NO time. It was off ...

Sar wrote:
Hopeless wrote:Though it shows that I saw the Lair I didn't in fact find the entrance

Did you press Ctrl+g?

Also dumps are better put in code tags, not spoiler tags.

oh because of the fixed font? Next time.

Well this last run was tough. I thought I might have a chance to get past level 11 but again I died in the mines. Overwhelmed by superior numbers and forces when I ran out of resources. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.13.1 (tiles) character file. 15105 Dr Who the Fighter (level 11, -3...

Ugh case in point, I was playing a DDBe (level 11) trying to follow all the various bits of advice here and doing OK (Trog 4, allowing the auto skill picker to arrange my skills despite my reservations, IDing potions asap, scrolls same, had an OK weapon +5/+2 flail of protection and wearing Plate Ar...

You can probably autoexplore any level twice before running into that, you should not worry about it unless you are doing silly things like scumming (because it's designed to punish exactly that). Also you can use quote tags to quote people, makes posts quite a bit readable. Yeah just forgot them. ...

"DCSS kind of "pushes" you deeper into the dungeon, if you spend too long on a given floor, the odds of getting a nasty overpowered creature spawning increase dramatically. Killing everything on a floor, or indeed exploring every nook and cranny of each level actually lowers your chan...

This thread has more badforum candidates than you can shake a stick at. So the first thing to do to beat the early game is to skip the early game entirely and work your way back through it. Dive straight down from D1 to to Lair:2, dodging and picking up items along the way, to establish your stash ...

Had to look up what "kiting" meant. I guess I've done that all along. Trying to find narrow passages to fend off mobs and what not. Of course sometimes there is nothing suitable within range but I have also fled up in order to limit who can attack me at once. That point about Berserk encou...

Lots of advice here, thanks all. I will have to ponder on it.

press "?", then "?" there is a list of commands. and 5 and num5 are not the same button. I don't think it's a snark, rather it's an expression that invites you directly to the manual, since reading it is actually faster and simpler, than asking about every single thing and compl...

since there is no (r)est until ... command Listen: There is a rest until.. command, it's documented in the help, and everyone uses it . A few people in this thread have tried to explain this to you. KP_Begin is what X11 calls that key. Begin is its official, if old and poorly-known-now name (Much a...

Is it possible to wait for 0.5 turn instead of unequipping jewellery? I don't think there are a lot of situations where you would want to skip a whole turn with monsters in sight. Isn't that a function of your speed and equip speed? Also why would you want to unequip Jewelry to get half a turn? *co...

^ don't ever hold down any key in any roguelike, ever. Seriously. Catastrophically bad idea. If you really have to, use 0 <number of repetitions> <command> instead (for example if you have a stack of 20 sultanas that you want to eat all of ;). It automatically handles disturbance, etc. I think you ...

As for '5' healing I understand that exists. I was issuing a gripe that it does not auto-stop Maybe you are confusing 5 on the numpad with the 5 on the left side?.. Huh I've never used the numbers across the top of the keyboard for any roguelike ever (well I guess there are some RPGs that qualify a...

So instead of giving you lots of advice and overwhelming you with information, I will provide instead this single, not-as-simple-as-it-sounds piece of information I use to tell apart good players from not-good players: You should almost never move toward an enemy that is in your line-of-sight. Once...

Sounds like you are pretty strongly committed to not improving; you are dismissing all the advice you get and blaming all your losses on bad luck instead. No. I would not be here asking for advice if I didn't think it was possible to improve. In fact I expect if I don't quit in total exasperation, ...

Try not to ever think you're "committed to the battle". Naga is hard because it takes away the option of simply walking away. For abilities like BiA and other buffs, they should be activated before the monster is in range to hit you. If you realize mid fight that you've engaged something ...

I feel like a douche for linking my own post but maybe it might help you: https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9769&p=134472&hilit=tips#p134472 Learning how to bypass things that are too hard for you is essential for surviving the early game. Things with high speed and ra...

I should probably provide a little more info. I've played a wide variety of roguelikes (yet not Rogue sadly since it seems there isn't a stable copy available for my machine.) I have won only a few but generally I find myself able to get through the beginning at least and while often dying in the mi...

After hundreds of games (and years of playing other roguelikes) I am finding myself unable to proceed past the early game. My top character to date is: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.13.1 (tiles) character file. Gandalf the Nimble (Ogre Berserker) Turns: 12294, Time: 01:34:42 HP 109/109 AC 12 St...

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